Design Bit blog by Anthony Brewitt - a web designer, blog designer, Wordpress designer and marketing philosopher. Designbit showcases Anthony’s talents and shares his web design know-how.

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wordpress_logoWordPress has released 2.8.6, according to the WordPress Blog the release will fix two security problems that can be exploited by registered, logged in users who have posting privileges.  If you have untrusted authors on your blog, upgrading to 2.8.6 is recommended.

wordpress_logoWordPress Warriors let’s conquer the world; map your self and get your self listed on the WordPress World Map,  Find out about other WordPress users and make contacts, its exciting to see how widespread WP is and the influence of open source on a world map, check it out

Matt Mullenweg on WordPress; Open Source, and the WP Community.

Quick video guide to understanding Shopify Smart Collections

simpsons_handshakeWorking freelance often means you work on a great number of design projects per year, undertaking all or just a part of the work. Take advantage of past clients and ask them directly if they can refer anybody for you, I find a phone call is most effective but a quick email stating your looking for new clients works too.

clear-left-designThis weeks Web Design Critique is Clear Left,  a aquatic and earthy color palette delivers the emotional response of calm and freshness, the design is a lesson in usability with clarity and readability at the forefront of the designers mind.  I like the clarity of the message, and simple information structure,  Let’s Discuss.

wordpress_logoWordPress Blogs has have some unwelcome security issues of late and they have responded with haste with this new release 2.8.5. According to the WordPress blog the headline changes are; A fix for the Trackback Denial-of-Service attack that is currently being seen, removal of areas within the code where php code in Read More

Donald DeSantis teaches starting with a bare-bones WordPress theme design and building it into something more in this five minute presentation. enjoy.

Ian Lurie seems to take the same stance and outlook as I do when it comes to branding, usability, and SEO. He gives away some great SEO tips when reviewing the design of a handful of WordPress Blogs.

shopify-designShopify has released a new function that will allow you to design your shop to show a list of your collection items by order of best selling product, this is a Shopify feature I have been waiting for and one I have hacked together in numerous other ways for clients in the past.

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